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In 1991 he made his Ranji debut against Maharashtra. Batting at
number 7, he scored a masterful 82. He got his maiden first class
hundred in the next game against Bengal (134 at number 6). The next
year brought more success for Rahul as he scored centuries against
teams like Goa and Kerala. He got tremendous support from great
former players like Gundappa Vishwanath, K.K.Tarapore, Roger Binny and
Brijesh Patel. All this time he did not neglect his studies - he
studied at St.Joseph's College of Commerce and though he had to
remain absent from college for long periods of time, he maintained a
first class record throughout.
In 1995-96 he broke into the international team for the first time
and since then he has delivered consistent and solid performances. He
is admired for his classy and technically correct batting. For a long
time he was labelled a Test batsman because of his low strike rate even
though he showed signs of some explosive batting - we all remember the
way he thrashed Alan Donald in a crucial match, driving the fearsome
bowler to despair. He has solved the problem of missing out on centuries
long ago. The New Zealand tour in Dec 1998 - Jan 1999 saw him come into
his own and cement his place in the One-Day team. No longer does he plod
around, wasting hittable balls. His strike rate is comparable with the
best and his average has also risen to a decent level. This shows his
strength of character, since he has come back strongly after being out
of the team for so long. At World Cup '99 he moved into the realms
of greatness with a fantastic performance which saw everybody singing
his praises. Today Rahul is an integral part of the Indian team, both
in One-Day and Test matches.
Dravids biggest strengths are Patience,Confidence and Strong Leadership!!
Dravid as ODI Player
http://stats.cricinfo.com/guru?sdb=f...lass=odiplayer
Dravid as Test Player
http://stats.cricinfo.com/guru?sdb=f...ass=testplayer
Hi
Yet another innings from DRAVID which made India to regain test series in West Indies. No need to tell nature of the pitch where everyone struggled . I think he is most consistent batsman and proved his capabilitiy not only in subcontinent but outside also.
He is well ahead of Gavaskar/Viswananth/Tendulkar in terms of SCORING IN CRISIS SITUATION AND HELPED INDIA TO WIN.
CHEERS TO DRAVID. :clap: :thumbsup: :D
regards
ramesh :
Go Go Dravid :thumbsup:
The Indian media has hailed captain Rahul Dravid as the country's best ever batsman after leading his team to a rare Test series victory in the West Indies.
India clinched their first series in the Caribbean in 35 years on Sunday when they won the decisive fourth and final Test in Jamaica by 49 runs.
The 1-0 verdict against Brian Lara's home team also enabled India to win a major series outside the sub-continent for the first time since the 2-0 success by Kapil Dev's men in England in 1986.
Dravid led from the front with 81 and 68 on a bowler-friendly Sabina Park wicket in which the highest team total was 219 and no other Indian batsman scored a half-century.
The 33-year-old, dubbed the 'Wall' for his impeccable batting technique, crossed the 9,000-run mark during the match to become the sixth highest run-getter in Test history.
Only Lara (11,505), Australians Allan Border (11,174) and Steve Waugh (10,927) and India's Sachin Tendulkar (10,469) and Sunil Gavaskar (10,122) have scored more Test runs than Dravid's 9,049.
The legendary Gavaskar and current superstar Tendulkar have long been regarded as the greatest Indian batsmen, but Dravid appeared to have leapfrogged ahead in the eyes of the media.
"If there were any doubts about Rahul Dravid being his country's greatest ever Test batsman, he dispelled them in the fourth Test," wrote the Hindu's cricket correspondent from Sabina Park.
The Indian Express concurred. "Let's say it once again here: Rahul Dravid is today the greatest batsman in Indian cricket, the finest in the world on all pitches," it said.
"Even Sachin Tendulkar will shake his head to that, clap his hands."
Since taking over as captain from Sourav Ganguly last October, Dravid has been in prime form, scoring a century or a fifty in nine of his last 10 Tests.
He was the quickest to 9,000 runs in Test history, achieving the landmark in his 176th innings, one less than previous record holder Lara.
Dravid rated the two half-centuries at Sabina Park as "probably two of the best I have played", but preferred to give credit to the entire team for the success.
"Winning the series is the most important thing," he was quoted as saying by the Indian media. "We played the better cricket right from the first Test. It's sort of nice that it all bore fruit in the end."
Dravid also heaped rich praise on match-winning bowler Anil Kumble, whose six for 78 in the West Indian second innings secured India victory.
"Anil is a legend, nothing he achieves surprises me," the Indian captain said. "Give him the ball and he will deliver more often than not."
The 35-year-old spinner took his career tally to 533 Test wickets, the fourth highest behind Australian record-holder Shane Warne (685), Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (635) and Australian paceman Glenn McGrath (542).
India return home later this week for a short break before travelling to Sri Lanka next month for a limited-overs tri-series against South Africa and the hosts.
perseverance and patience is the key for his sucess besides this his conduct on & off the field ..has managed to stay away from all the controversies in indian cricket so far ..
He has always been in the team or if he is the captain of Indian team it is only by virtue of his performance unlike some people who uses the influence of their state politicians and their people who are in television media to constantly create peoples opinion about their exclusion from the team rather than showing their performance in domestic matches.
What makes Dravid truly great is the way he has handled fame & success .. he can easily be voted as the most good looking cricketer but still he has not fallen for any bollywood actresses - and again...... "unlike some".
I think your indirect target is Ganguly ......... If yes, its not fair as it was Sourav who was instrumental in buillding a challenging team when he took over from a disastrous Sachin in 2001 . Remember, he had to take over overnight when Sachin stepped out midway during that South African series in India. Sourav's captaincy was acknowledged by none other the great Steve Waugh who was matched bullet for bullet down under.Quote:
Originally Posted by manuel
May be Sourav's weakness against the short pitched bowling led to his slide in test matches but his record in onedayers & as a captain in both forms are fair enough to stake a claim for the best captain till date
If someone has to be termed as a DISASTROUS CAPTAIN , it should be Sachin.
Even when you compare Dravid vs Sachin, I will rate Dravid far better in terms of saving matches & having played more useful innings
Today Dravid stands tall amongst his peers simply for his consistency & ability to score in all type of surfaces & against the best bowlers .
Hats off
I think your indirect target is Ganguly ......... If yes, its not fair as it was Sourav who was instrumental in buillding a challenging team when he took over from a disastrous Sachin in 2001 . Remember, he had to take over overnight when Sachin stepped out midway during that South African series in India. Sourav's captaincy was acknowledged by none other the great Steve Waugh who was matched bullet for bullet down under.
May be Sourav's weakness against the short pitched bowling led to his slide in test matches but his record in onedayers & as a captain in both forms are fair enough to stake a claim for the best captain till date
If someone has to be termed as a DISASTROUS CAPTAIN , it should be Sachin.
Even when you compare Dravid vs Sachin, I will rate Dravid far better in terms of saving matches & having played more useful innings
Today Dravid stands tall amongst his peers simply for his consistency & ability to score in all type of surfaces & against the best bowlers .
Hats off[/quote]
Yes I agree with you on those points
1) saurav Ganguly is the best captain "so far" - coz we have stat's to back them like most number of wins
2) He is also a good one day player coz he has got more than 10,000 runs and that is good amount of runs.
further i would like to add this -
1) if saurav is the best captain so far - well before him Azar was the best captain .. given a period of time to stay as captain then Dravid or any one else can also surpass that record and saurav's record would be forgotten as like azar's
what made saurav differrent is, by far he is the more expressive player on the field .. he would not shy away from expressing his disappointment or point of contention to the opponent players or team and no other indian player ..even in the present team has the ability to do that -- but that does not make any one, a great player.
Steve waugh when he left his captaincy and retired he was not a bad performer and even he had a good history of records but their management still wanted him to be out with the best interest of his country and notable point was that, he did not create a fuss out of it nor did he go to the press even though he was the most respected captain and player at that time-
Dravid is an idiot. He doesn't even know how to captain properly. Ganguly was so much better even though he never performed and was an idot. Ganguly Brought us to the fin of the Wc and lost.
:shock: airtime, even if u dont like a player, b cautious in using words against him.
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes...x-dravid-rises
Advanced wishes to Great Wall of India ...
U rocks always :notworthy:
got Dravid's thread in the fourth page - what a respect to one of the greates cricketer of India :cry3:
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For a change Rahul dravid against england at leeds, 2002.
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Change for me. Mostly I post Sachin videos when it comes to cricket.Quote:
Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
i was shocked when i saw Darvid's thread at the third page ....i pity him ...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
I see that you know this hub for the last three years. You could have done a lot in those times for your fav cricketer and avoid getting shocked.
but i joined now only :D yean late ah join pannunaengarathukku neraya kaaranam irruku ...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
sample - enakku argue panni panni bore adichiruchu ... that was the time when vijay vs ajith thread was in peak ... so inga vanthalum sanda podanumaenu thaan varala :(
The Wall is Back to ODI :redjump:
http://www.cricinfo.com/sltri09/cont...ry/419853.html
Fascinating not regressive !!!
Let's get the immediate question out of the way. The return of Rahul Dravid to the ODI scene is not knee-jerk, nor is it regressive. The failures of some of India's young ODI batsmen against testing bowling has been a matter of concern for some time. Dravid is not out of touch with modern cricket; he showed as much in the IPL in South Africa, where the par score had come down by about 20 from the inaugural edition and where batting was not all about plain hitting. It is open to debate as to what this move says about the reserves of talent in India, but Dravid's comeback is every bit a fascinating story.
He was 34 when dropped, an "old man", a "misfit" in the youngsters' game, a terrible failure in his last few matches (80 runs in the last 10, to be specific). India's ODI team did well without Dravid for long enough to raise questions as to why he was not retiring from limited-overs cricket. For the shorter version of the game was supposed to have changed so much over the last two years as to not have any place for Dravid-like one-dimensional non-big-hitters. Why was he even playing the IPL?
With 333 ODIs and 10,585 runs to his name, it was not as if Dravid had anything to prove to anybody, although most of his ODI career has been about proving people wrong. But something inside must have told him, "This is not how I go". The thought of that drop would not have consumed Dravid over the last two years, during which he has faced a Test slump and come respectfully out of it, but he sure had some unfinished business left. There were no statements in the press that he wanted to play ODIs one more time, but neither was he going to let an opportunity pass.
If he chooses to be perverse, Dravid can draw pleasure from the knowledge that after the batting failures in the ICC World Twenty20 the selectors have had to come back to him, discarded when the going was good. Instead he has been practising for about a week now at the NCA in Bangalore, even on a public holiday when the academy was closed, with a white ball. That is how success has come to Dravid: more hard work, less flash. :notworthy:
In making this comeback, he has also taken a gamble. Playing ODIs again could have an effect on what remains of his Test career. Dravid can easily keep on playing Test cricket, go out on his own terms, and the memories of his struggles against Australia in home ODIs two years ago won't even be evoked. Now he has put on line the relaxed state of mind he attained after giving up captaincy, and playing only Test cricket.
It is a bold move by the selectors too, because it will be all too easy to criticise if it goes wrong. The seeds for Dravid's comeback perhaps were sown when West Indies first employed the short ball successfully against India in the World Twenty20, only for South Africa and England to take cue and expose their frailties against the bouncer. Virender Sehwag's unavailability must have made the decision easier.
It is a short-term selection all right, one that as of now doesn't keep the 2011 World Cup in mind; a lot of it anyway depends on how well Dravid does during the tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy. The selectors see him as a bridge for the Rainas and the Rohits, who have the obvious talent, but are yet to graduate to the next level. Rohit Sharma will surely be disappointed, but dejected he shouldn't be. He will know he needs better than four half-centuries in 41 matches to show for the talent he has. Perhaps the selectors also thought that in performing the Dravid-type role, in giving the other big-hitters the license, MS Dhoni might have lost his explosive game a bit.
Dravid is quite familiar with that "Dravid-like" role. He has batted around the Gangulys, the Sehwags and the Tendulkars all throughout his ODI career. Not much will change for him this time around. It's quite possible that he comes back and finds that ODI cricket has indeed changed drastically, but come Sri Lanka not much will have changed in Dravid's commitment.
:clap: :clap: One of the best decisions by BCCI in the recent years.
make it 4 claps :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
ah i'm loving it - rohit sharma dropped and dravid taken in.......now the team looks more like mudhalvan arjun team - youngster and experience :lol:
Dravid's selection a golden handshake?
New Delhi: Rarely has the event of Indian team selection not been succeeded by controversy. The selection of 15 men for the Champions Trophy appears to be no different.
According to sources, selection of Rahul Dravid in the South Africa bound squad is a compromise between the BCCI and the aging veteran to provide the latter an honourable exit from international cricket.
Sources say that according to the deal brokered between the Indian cricket board and Dravid, he would bid adieu to one day cricket after the Champions Trophy in South Africa next month.
Dravid, who is a regular part of India’s Test set-up, last played an ODI for India way back in the October of 2007 in the home series against Australia where he managed just 51 runs from 5 innings.
Dravid’s re-induction is said to be a consequence of India’s Twenty20 World Cup debacle in June this year where the young turks were seen struggling against the short ball.
Dravid, it is said, was drafted in to bolster Indian batting in the pacer friendly conditions of South Africa.
Interestingly, this is not the first time that reports of ‘a golden handshake’ between an aging senior and BCCI have come to the fore.
Last year, former captain Sourav Ganguly too was reportedly offered a conditional selection into the Indian team for the Test series against Australia provided he hung up his boots after the series.
Though both the parties had vehemently denied the reports, Ganguly had eventually called it a day after the Australia series.
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My thoughts same same.
iththOda anuppiruvaainga.
Reporters have been advised to not use up their glowing words for 'all the hail the return of' columns now.
what the hell is happening here ... dravid would not do all these things ... lets see ...Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Rahul please stop playing ckt for this &*&$*&$# BCCI ...
I like this. Dhoni no longer has an excuse for playing consolidator.
Alternatively, if Dhoni insists on being consolidator, there might be CSK type results with Rahul Dravid playing Badrinath in the national setup.
pre-emptive nathanArism :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
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I think Srikanth likes to give chance to all and I dont think that its a golden handshake. Nehra-vellam edhukku theripiyum choose pannanum?
If Dravid could not perform well whats wrong in giving him handshake in ODI's? :huh:
Srikanth :clap: thamizhan thamizhan dhaan ba! :notworthy:
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:lol: @ Maddy: Rohit dropped-nu padichadhum mudhalla sandhosappadravaru neenga dhaan nu nyabagam vandhuchu. And stats pottirundhaanga :oops:
avana thalaila thatti konjam vekkanum........it worked so well for sehwag and yuvraj......also, looking at the volatility of the players, i think its good if we have both sachin and rahul for WC2011.....if rahul is in, rohit has no place....Quote:
Originally Posted by crajkumar_be
http://www.cricinfo.com/india/conten...ry/419934.html
kudutha kaasuku mela koovuraanda goyyala..
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Originally Posted by Dinesh84
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Sachin Tendulkar has also been picked in the 15-member squad for the tournament
Vengsarkar hoped that Dravid would seize the opportunity. "I hope, wish and expect him to do well," he said. "Rahul is a great batsman with a very sound technique. The ODIs, unlike the Tests, is a batsman's game. Unless you make mistakes you don't get out. Rahul doesn't commit too many mistakes."
From the above link
Yaarukavadhu purinjudha??
Simple, Mani-Ramani :lol2:
If "youngsters" perform, they will be selected. If Dravidan performs, its just ODIs where its difficult to get out
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Thambi VengayaSarkar rocks :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinesh84
Rahul :D :clap:
Tailor-made for Dravid
There wasn’t much of a change in mood as the Indian team went about their practice today, given the news that Gautam Gambhir was out of the series. If it had affected them in any way, they didn’t show it. MS Dhoni, at a press conference, said the team had dealt with such losses before and had always stepped up.
Gambhir’s departure has deprived India of a player able to score quickly and bat through the innings. Gambhir is also an excellent player of spin. After Sachin Tendulkar at the top, the man most capable of playing the anchor role is Rahul Dravid.
Dravid was a surprise inclusion in the one-day side, but his need was justified. India’s middle order had their share of problems against the short ball, highlighted by several teams during the ICC World Twenty20, and the selectors called on someone reliable.
Virender Sehwag was not an option before the team was announced, Gambhir was today ruled out. Dravid will bat ahead of Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan, a quartet that provides India with big-hitting early, during the middle overs, and late on. On these pitches, against skillful slow bowlers who know more about choking than the average serial killer, whether setting or chasing, you need something special. Thilan Samaraweera showed that.
Dravid has always appeared to construct his innings in a thorough manner. He runs hard between the wickets, he drops the ball gently here and there, and manages to find the boundary ropes with deftness as supposed to power. His two most productive regions to collect boundaries when batting at the end of an innings are the arc between point and gully and the area behind square, just wide of short fine leg. Shots played there are mostly down to astute placement than belligerence.
Today he played shots that appeared like they’d perforate those gaps. Watching a batsman at the nets can offer you insights into his mental and physical state: how did he read the ball, move into position in time? Did he play his shots with ease to wherever he wanted? Today, outdoors at the nets against his bowling team-mates, Dravid batted without any noticeable flourish, but that sturdiness and approach was unmistakable. They are two traits Dravid possesses that can quickly deflate a bowling side.
He was in a rhythm today. It’s only practice, but if you have an eye for the techniques of batting it can be beneficial. Dravid stood still until the bowler delivered; his feet and hands moved with speed and precision. His head was still. Raina and Dinesh Karthik, batting at adjacent nets, moved much more at the crease.
A couple drives off the quick bowlers and two late-cuts from off stump off Amit Mishra – the shots were placed with the accuracy of a surgeon – was ample proof that Dravid is in good nick.
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